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Baloo Gupte
Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte
Born: 30 August 1934, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, Bengal, Railways, India.
Known As: Baloo Gupte
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly
Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Madras, 4th Test, 1960/61
Last Test: India v New Zealand at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1964/65
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 3 2 28 17* 28.00 0 0 0 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 113 28 349 3 116.33 1-54 0 0 226.0 3.08
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1953/54 - 1969/70)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 99 82 18 587 35 9.17 0 0 21 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 10578 417 25.36 9-55 26 5
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 0 - - - - - - - - -
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 0 - - - - - - - - -
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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The younger brother of Subash Gupte, Baloo was also an orthodox leg
spin googly bowler who performed many notable feats in domestic
cricket. But he could never attain the heights achieved by his elder
brother. He was harshly treated on his Test debut on a perfect batting
pitch against Pakistan at Madras in 1960-61, finishing wicketless
after conceding 116 runs after bowling 35 overs. Surprisingly brought
back against England at Kanpur three years later, he was again
ineffective. And he did not do much better in his only other Test,
against New Zealand at Calcutta the following season.
In the Ranji Trophy, however Gupte was one of the leading wicket
takers of his time and finished with 255 wickets (23.47). His innings
figures of nine for 55 for West Zone in the 1962-63 Duleep Trophy
final against South Zone is still the best in the competition.
(Partab Ramchand)
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